Nick Dunlap made historical past as the primary participant to win tournaments as knowledgeable and an novice in the identical PGA Tour season as he secured the Barracuda Championship on Sunday.
The 20-year-old had gained as an novice on the American Categorical event in California in January and on Sunday took his first skilled victory.
The American is the primary golfer to win twice in a rookie PGA Tour season since newly topped British Open champion Xander Schauffele in 2017.
The event makes use of an uncommon scoring system that awards two factors for birdies and 5 for eagles, however deducts factors for bogeys or worse.
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Dunlap, 9 factors adrift when the day started, made six birdies in his first 12 holes after which clinched victory with an eagle at 15 and a last birdie at 17 in a bogey-free spherical of 19 factors for a successful 49 complete.
“By no means even thought that was a risk,” Dunlap mentioned. “Actually completely satisfied to be right here.”
It was sufficient to carry off compatriots Mac Meissner, Vince Whaley and Patrick Fishburn.
Whaley closed with a birdie to complete second on 47 factors with Fishburn a career-best third on 46 and rookie Meissner fourth on 44.
Dunlap obtained a sponsor’s exemption at The American Categorical and scorched to a third-round 60 to match the bottom spherical by an novice in any PGA Tour occasion on his technique to a one-stroke victory.
After turning into the primary novice to win a PGA title since Phil Mickelson on the 1991 Tucson Open, Dunlap turned skilled the next week.
Dunlap sank a 56-foot eagle putt on the fifteenth to grab the lead on 47 factors.
“After I made the putt at 15, we began taking part in with some severe adrenaline,” Dunlap mentioned.
On the par-4 seventeenth, Dunlap dropped his method to a few toes for a birdie and a par on 18 was sufficient to seal the win.